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Moran’s retrospective account, published36years after Poe’s death. Describes a poplar coffin and prints a certificate dated December10,1881 attributed to undertaker Frederick T. Nemuth. The printed certificate is not ...
Elliott’s retrospective account of the 1849 burial, presented during the 1875 monument dedication and printed in 1877. Reports attendance, reinterment and damage to a proposed grave marker. The text’s January20 birth ...
A retrospective eyewitness account, written about eighteen years after the burial. Contains conflicting chronology, a mistaken Baltimore birthplace and disputed funeral details. Its claims are evidence of Snodgrass’s ...
First publication of Edgar Allan Poe's tale 'The Purloined Letter.'
First publication of Edgar Allan Poe's tale 'Eleonora.'
First publication of Edgar Allan Poe's tale 'The Cask of Amontillado.'
Newspaper printing of Edgar Allan Poe’s The Raven, preserving this edition’s text.
Newspaper printing of Edgar Allan Poe’s The Raven, preserving this edition’s text.
Newspaper printing of Edgar Allan Poe’s The Raven, preserving this edition’s text.
Newspaper printing of Edgar Allan Poe’s The Raven, preserving this edition’s text.
Newspaper printing of Edgar Allan Poe’s The Raven, preserving this edition’s text.
Newspaper printing of Edgar Allan Poe’s The Raven, preserving this edition’s text.
Complete newspaper printing of Edgar Allan Poe’s The Raven, with all 18 stanzas.
Complete newspaper printing of Edgar Allan Poe’s The Raven, with all 18 stanzas.
Contemporary newspaper notice of Edgar Allan Poe’s death. The full two-column obituary includes the poem Annabel Lee and the signature Ludwig.
Contemporary newspaper notice of Edgar Allan Poe’s death.The brief unsigned item reports a death date and circumstances that are not verified by this record.
Posthumous newspaper printing of Annabel Lee with its introductory notice, page 4, column 1. All six stanzas included.
Posthumous newspaper printing of Annabel Lee with its introductory notice, page 4, column 1. All six stanzas included.
Newspaper printing of Edgar Allan Poe’s The Raven, on page 1, columns 2–3. All 18 poem stanzas are present.
Newspaper printing of Edgar Allan Poe’s The Raven, on page 1, columns 2–3. All 18 poem stanzas are present.
Percy Hemus recites Poe’s “The Raven” with piano accompaniment by Gladys Craven. Listen to both sides of the Victor recording.
Historical illustrated edition of Poe’s poem, including Doré’s illustrations and Edmund C. Stedman’s accompanying comment.
Chromolithographic advertising label using a raven and the refrain “Quoth the Raven: Nevermore.”
Newspaper reprint headed “Letter About Edgar Poe,” marked as originating in the Home Journal. Preserved as a later historical recollection.
Poe’s essay explaining his account of composing “The Raven,” preserved in the original periodical issue.
Periodical printing of “The Raven,” signed Edgar A. Poe, with an introduction stating that the poem was copied from the American Review.
Poem printed under the name “Quarles,” with the periodical’s introductory notice. Preserved within its bound-volume scan.
Newspaper-page facsimile with “The Raven” and an editorial introduction in the first column.
Two-page handwritten letter from Willis to Poe concerning contributions to periodicals and Willis’s existing agreement with Godey.
Front page of the Daily National Intelligencer containing bookseller notices for Poe’s Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque.